Women of Weed: 20 Green Queens

Alison Holcomb at Cannabis City in Seattle the day marijuana sales became legal in Washington State in July.

Women are having a greater influence in marijuana reform and business than ever before. We've combined lists created by Marie Claire and Canna Law Blog, added a few of our favorites, and and came up with 20 leading ladies of weed (in alphabetical order).

• Betty Aldworth left her job as deputy director of the NCIA to become executice director of SSDP. She lives in Denver.

•Alison Holcomb engineered the legalization victory in Washington State as campaign director of Initiative 502. She's the drug policy director of ACLU of Washington and is leading theACLU's $50 million campaign focused on ending mass incarceration in America.